Pseudarmadillo tuberculatus Schmalfuss 1984 (isopod)

Malacostraca - Isopoda - Pseudarmadillidae

Full reference: H. Schmalfuss. 1984. Two new species of the terrestrial isopod genus Pseudarmadillo from Dominican amber (Amber-Collection Stuttgart: Crustacea, Isopoda, Pseudarmadillidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 102:1-14

Belongs to Pseudarmadillo according to H. Schmalfuss 1984

Sister taxon: Pseudarmadillo cristatus

Type specimen: SMNS Do-4157-M-1. Its type locality is Dominican amber (SMNS coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (SMNS coll)

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